Comments on: Temple of Hatshepsut, Luxor http://www.sacredvoyage.net/temple-of-hatshepsut-luxor.html Sacred Voyage Sat, 21 Aug 2010 09:54:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: vareeja http://www.sacredvoyage.net/temple-of-hatshepsut-luxor.html/comment-page-1#comment-407 vareeja Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:58:02 +0000 http://www.sacredvoyage.net/?p=441#comment-407 Hatshepsut was one of the most prolific builders in ancient Egypt, commissioning hundreds of construction projects throughout both Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt, that were grander and more numerous than those of any of her Middle Kingdom predecessors. Later pharaohs attempted to claim some of her projects as theirs. She employed the great architect Ineni, who also had worked for her father, her husband, and for the royal steward Senemut. During her reign, so much statuary was produced that almost every major museum in the world has Hatshepsut statuary among their collections; for instance, the Hatshepsut Room in New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art is dedicated solely to some of these pieces. Hatshepsut was one of the most prolific builders in ancient Egypt, commissioning hundreds of construction projects throughout both Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt, that were grander and more numerous than those of any of her Middle Kingdom predecessors. Later pharaohs attempted to claim some of her projects as theirs.

She employed the great architect Ineni, who also had worked for her father, her husband, and for the royal steward Senemut. During her reign, so much statuary was produced that almost every major museum in the world has Hatshepsut statuary among their collections; for instance, the Hatshepsut Room in New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is dedicated solely to some of these pieces.

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